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Two New Records of Minute Marine Gastropods from Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh in India 2019 25 1-2 Strombus 25(1-2), 5-9, 2019 jan.-dez. www.conchasbrasil.org.br/strombus February 23 2019 Copyright © 2019 Conquiliologistas do Brasil August 11 2019 RESEARCH NOTE Two new records of minute marine gastropods from Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh in India Amit Mukhopadhyay, Basudev Tripathy, Sheikh Sajan*, Abhijna Ghosh Malacology Division, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, India. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Mukhopadhyay, A., Tripathy, B., Sajan, S., Ghosh, A. (2019) Two new records of minute marine gastro- pods from Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh in India. Strombus 25(1–2): 5–9. India has nearly 8000 km of coastline, spanning nine states and four Union Territories, which are home to diverse coastal biodiversity. Marine Mollusca habitats range from sandy beaches and man- groves to coral reefs and down to the depths of the ocean. In India, much of the malacofaunal studies are based on coastal collections due to the abundance and easy accessibility. There are 5,070 species of molluscs reported, of which 3,370 have been listed to occur in the coastal and marine environment of India (Subba Rao 2003, 2017; Ramakrishna et al. 2010; Tudu et al. 2018). The Marine National Park (MNP) is located in the southern shore of the Gulf of Kachchh (22°28’N 69°37’E) in the Devbhumi-Dwarka district of Gujarat state in India; it has been declared as the first marine National Park of India in 1982 under the provision of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The MNP occu- pies an area of 7,300 km² and comprises 42 islands along the Jamnagar coast, surrounded by reefs, coral pinnacles, mangroves, and sandy beaches, which provide suitable habitat for the aquatic flora and fauna. More than 1,075 marine species have been reported from this Protected Area, including 178 species of marine molluscs (Subba Rao & Sastry 2005). Moreover, they have documented 124 species of gastro- pods, 50 species of Bivalvia, three species of Cephalopoda, and one species of Polyplacophora from MNP, although this is comparatively very low in terms of diversity of other Protected Areas in India. During the examination of molluscan specimens from different parts of the MNP, we found two minute gastropod species, Pseudoliotia henjamensis (Melvill & Standen, 1903) of the family Vitrinellidae and Cyclostrema ocrinium Melvill & Standen, 1901 of the family Liotiidae, which have never hitherto been reported from India. In this communication, we re- port and illustrate these two newly recorded minute spe- cies along with a description and taxonomic details. The specimens were collected during the low tide along the intertidal zone of Pirotan Island in MNP during the field surveys along the Gujarat coast during 2016– 2017 (Figure 1). The collect- ed specimens were exam- ined and identified as new records for India. The iden- tification of the species was Figure 1. Collection locality of Pseudoliotia henjamensis and Cyclostrema ocrinium in MNP, made based on the original Gulf of Kachchh, India. descriptions and followed • 5 • Article received on February 23 2019 Article accepted on August 11 2019 Mukhopadhyay et al.: Minute Gastropods from Gulf of Kachchh the methods of Bosch et al. (1995) and Rubio & Rolán (2018). Current taxonomic status was established in Bouchet et al. (2017). The examined material was registered and deposited in the National Zoological Collection of Zoological Survey of India (NZSI). Figure 2. New records of minute marine Gastropoda collected in MNP, Gulf of Kachchh, India. 1‒2. Pseudoliotia henjamensis, NZSI M.29411/7. 3. Cyclostrema ocrinium, NZSI M.29407/7. Strombus 25(1-2), 5-9, 2019 • 6 • Mukhopadhyay et al.: Minute Gastropods from Gulf of Kachchh Abbreviations used: NZSI, National Zoological Collection of Zoological Survey of India; MNP, Ma- rine National Park; coll., collector; Reg. No., Registration number; ex, example(s). Family Vitrinellidae Pseudoliotia henjamensis (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (Figures 2.1, 2.2) Cyclostrema henjamense Melvill & Standen, 1903: 291, pl. 20, fig. 3. Material examined: MNP, Gulf of Kachchh, Pirotan Island, Gujarat: Station No. 1 (22°35’54.79”N and 69°57’47.88”E), 7 sh., 26/x/2016, coll. A.K. Mukhopadhyay et al., NZSI M.29411/7. Description: Shell is small (1.56–3.28 mm diameter and 1.18–2.06 mm in width), white and moderately thick; the spire low and flat; the dorsoventral region is flattened, five strong spirally chords sculpture running throughout the body and intercepting with axial node, of which two are smooth. Last whorl with 5–9 spiral chords, three are strongly keeled at periphery. Axial sculpture present as growth lines, which looks like coarse cancellated sculpture. Whorls 4¼–4½. Peristome is moderately thick and the aperture sub-circular, usually distinctly angled anteriorly; outer lip crenulated. Umbilicus deep and narrow, with whorl visible. Distribution: India: Gujarat, MNP, Gulf of Kachchh: Pirotan Island (reported for the first time). Else- where: South East Gulf, Red Sea (Bosch et al. 1995; Dekker & Orlin 2000). Habitat: These tiny shells are exclusively marine and inhabit in the intertidal region. Remarks: Melvill & Standen (1903: 291) clearly mentioned about the appearance of the species to be in between the genus Cyclostrema Marryat, 1819 and Liotia Gray, 1842, based on the peristome characters being cyclostremoid. Whereas Dekker & Orlin (2000) placed the species in the genus Pseudoliotia Tate, 1898, without any clear taxonomical discussion. Nevertheless, the species P. henjamensis, described as Cyclostrema henjamensis, has seven keels on the last whorl, with closely longitudinally intersected by oblique riblets and gemmulated at the point of junction (Melvill & Standen 1903). Moreover, all the spec- imens collected from the field were empty shells and therefore, the genitalia could not be investigated. Family Liotiidae Cyclostrema ocrinium Melvill & Standen, 1901 (Figure 2.3) Cyclostrema ocrinium Melvill & Standen, 1901: 346, pl. 22 fig. 1. Material examined: MNP, Gulf of Kachchh, Pirotan Island, Gujarat: Station No. 1 (22°35’54.79”N and 69°57’47.88”E), 1 sh.; Station No. 2 (22°35’48.79”N and 69° 57’43.45”E), 2 ex., 26/x/2016, coll. A.K. Mukhopadhyay et al., NZSI M.29407/7. Description: Shell is small (2.05–2.28 mm in diameter and 0.85–1.06 mm in width), pale white in co- lour, thick and glossy, spire depressed conoid, the flat-sided periphery angular with strong, stellate and keel-like spiral cord, five on the last whorl, crossed by fine close-set axial ridges and descending below. Whorls 4¼–4½. Apex pointed, with deep suture progressively deeper and more channelled with growth. Interstices are plain. Umbilicus strongly spiralled and deep. Peristome thick, oblique and crenulated; ap- erture circular; columella curved. Distribution: India: Gujarat, MNP, Gulf of Kachchh: Pirotan Island, (reported for the first time); Else- where: North-West Gulf, South-East Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Southern coast of Iran (Bosch et al. 1995; Ghase- mi et al. 2011). • 7 • Strombus 25(1-2), 5-9, 2019 Mukhopadhyay et al.: Minute Gastropods from Gulf of Kachchh Habitat: These tiny shells are exclusively marine and inhabit in the intertidal region. Remarks: Members of the family Liotiidae were earlier placed under the family Turbonidae, and sub- family Margaritinae, and in family Cyclostrematidae (Dey 2016), but they differ in terms of shell mor- phology, radula and internal anatomy, as compared to Trochidae. Therefore, Bouchet et al. (2017) con- sidered Liotiidae as separate family, based on previous molecular work (Williams et al. 2008). We relied on the classification of Bouchet et al. (2017) and hence considered the species accordingly, as Cyclost- rema ocrinium, under the family Liotiidae. The faunal composition of MNP closely resembles that of Persian Gulf, Gulf of Arabian and Red Sea (Dey 2016). These two marine gastropod species have been previously reported from mangrove and in- tertidal region of South-East Gulf, Red Sea, North West Gulf, South East Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Southern coast of Iran (Melvill & Standen 1901, 1903; Dekker & Orlin 2000; Ghasemi et al. 2011). Previously four Cyclostrema species, C. bushi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906, C. dunkeri Tryon, 1859, C. eburnean Nevill & Nevill, 1875 and C. solariellum Melvill, 1893, have been reported from the east and western coast of India (Dey 2016), whereas the genus Pseudoliotia is here reported for the first time from India. Furthermore, there are many new gastropods and new records to be found from Arabian seas and the Indian Ocean, mostly minute gastropods. Comprehensive and coordinated studies should add further records to the list of marine Mollusca of India. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, for encouragement and support. We acknowledge the Gujarat Forest Department and staff of MNP for their help during the field investigations. S.S. is thankful to the National Mission on Himalayan Studies, Grant No. NMHS- LG-2016/0011/8509-8, funded by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, for providing the research fellowship. We are thankful to the two anonymous re- viewers and editor as well for critical comments and suggestions to improve the content of the manu- script. REFERENCES Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G., Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Pub- lishing, Dubai. Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M., Strong E.E. (2017) Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61: 1–526. Dekker H. & Orlin Z. (2000) Check-list of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula 47: 1–46. Dey A. (2016) Catalogue of Marine Mollusca (Polyplacophora and Gastropoda). Zoological Survey of In- dia, Kolkata. Ghasemi S., Zakaria M., Hoveizeh N.M.
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